Resumen de Six months and two parliamentary elections in Spain: December, 2015 and June, 2016. The end of the two-party system?

José Ignacio Castillo Manzano , Lourdes López Valpuesta, Rafael del Pozo Barajas

• This paper presents an overview of the two recent parliamentary elections in Spain, held in December 2015 and June 2016. It also analyzes how the economic crisis, austerity policies and corruption have affected the results of both of these electoral processes. The economic situation has put the traditional Spanish two-party system at risk with the emergence of two new parties, Podemos and Ciudadanos.